Cognizant Hit With $8.4M Verdict Over NYU Prof's Firing

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal jury on Monday awarded $8.4 million to a New York University professor and former Cognizant Technology Solutions employee who claimed he was fired in retaliation for alleging the information technology company engaged in systematic hiring bias.

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Judge Denies Arbitration Bid In Land Rover Brake Defect Case

By Jonathan Capriel

Jaguar Land Rover cannot, for now, push out of court a proposed class action over claims Range Rover brakes have a defect that causes premature wear, a New Jersey federal judge has ruled, possibly giving some credence to the drivers' claims that the arbitration clause was "buried" within the 525-page vehicle handbook.

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TD Bank Moves Funds' Suits Over Failed First Horizon Deal

By Sydney Price

Toronto-based TD Bank has moved to New Jersey federal court two suits from hedge funds that invested in First Horizon Corp. alleging TD Bank is liable for their losses due to statements it made about the likelihood of regulatory approval of the banks' merger, arguing the suits both raise federal questions that belong in federal court.

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Eagle Pharma To Pay $9.5M To End Channel Stuffing Claims

By Katryna Perera

Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its former executives have agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle investor claims that they carried out a fraudulent "channel stuffing" scheme to inflate the revenue of one of the company's brand-name medications.

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J&J Unit Wants Forensic Exam Of Ex-Director's Devices

By George Woolston

A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary urged a New Jersey federal court to order a former associate director to submit to a court-supervised forensic inspection of any device or account in which she could have stored confidential information it claims she downloaded in order to start her own competing company.

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Atty Gets Reciprocal NJ Suspension For Ethics Violations

By Rose Krebs

The New Jersey Supreme Court has imposed a three-year suspension on an attorney who had a Colorado law practice as a reciprocal discipline for ethics violations related to her conduct representing a client in Colorado legal matters, including having practiced law while suspended.

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NJ Town Says Mall's Sunday Sales Flatly Violate State Law

By Isaac Monterose

The New Jersey borough of Paramus urged a state court to not toss its suit against the owner of an East Rutherford mall that allegedly violated state laws that ban retailers from selling specific products on Sundays, saying it has standing to sue because the mall owner and the other defendants disobeying the state laws are economically harming the borough.

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FCA Qui Tams Are Unconstitutional, Eli Lilly Tells Justices

By Mark Payne

The False Claims Act's whistleblower provisions are unconstitutional, drugmaker Eli Lilly has told the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to overturn a Seventh Circuit decision upholding a $183 million trial win for a whistleblower who claimed the drug company hid how much it charged for Medicaid-covered drugs. 

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ESPN Moves To Join WWE In Subscriber 'Bait And Switch' Suit

By Carla Baranauckas

ESPN moved to intervene in a proposed class action accusing World Wrestling Entertainment of a "bait and switch" streaming scheme, telling a Connecticut federal court the case cannot proceed because subscribers agreed to arbitrate their claims and waived any right to sue as a class.

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Del Monte Says Lenders' Appeal Belongs In District Court

By Alex Wittenberg

Del Monte Foods has urged a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to deny a lender group's request to certify a settlement order for direct appeal to the Third Circuit, arguing that the group's challenge to the Chapter 11 deal should play out in district court instead.

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Wilentz Adds Workers' Comp Specialist As Counsel

By Jake Maher

Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA expanded its workers' compensation team with a counsel bringing more than 25 years of experience, coming from Pellettieri Rabstein & Altman.

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Opinion

AI Presents A Make-Or-Break Moment For Outside Counsel

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by corporate legal departments is forcing a long-overdue reset of the relationship between inside and outside counsel, and introducing a significant opportunity to shed frustrating inefficiencies and strengthen collaboration for firms willing to embrace the shift, says Intel Chief Legal Officer April Miller Boise.

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Pillsbury Asks To Toss Suit Over Nonclient Data Breach

By Matt Perez

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP sought dismissal of a consolidated data breach action in New York federal court Friday due to the plaintiffs' alleged lack of relationship with the firm and inability to identify any cognizable damages.

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Burford Considers Arbitration After 2nd Circ. Tosses $16B Win

By Nadia Dreid

Burford Capital Ltd. says it is contemplating taking its $16 billion fight with Argentina into international arbitration after the Second Circuit wiped out a judgment the litigation funding firm had won against the nation in New York federal court, sending its stock prices tumbling.

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'Is It Kafka?' Judge Presses Pentagon On Press Restrictions

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge requested additional briefing Monday from the Trump administration before deciding whether to toss the U.S. Department of Defense's revised rules restricting journalists' access to the Pentagon but said some new allegations from reporters read like the revisions came from a Franz Kafka novel.

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Ex-Laffey Bucci Atty Accused Of Stealing Over $1.3M

By James Boyle

Laffey Bucci D'Andrea Reich & Ryan has accused a former name partner in a Pennsylvania state court suit of misdirecting more than $1.3 million in referral and case fees through a secret agreement with another firm and misusing the plaintiffs firm's resources for personal expenses, including an affair with a client.

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Analysis

Exchanges Are First Line In CFTC Prediction Market Policing

By Aislinn Keely

As the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission insists it will be the primary cop for the growing expanse of prediction markets, experts said the agency is signaling that its first line of defense will be the internal enforcement programs of registrants like Kalshi.

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Justices Wary Of 'Odd' Arbitration Jurisdiction Theory

By Caroline Simson

A lawyer urging the U.S. Supreme Court to find that federal courts that have sent a dispute to arbitration do not automatically have jurisdiction to confirm or vacate a subsequent award faced heavy skepticism Monday from the justices, who called his argument during oral arguments "odd" and "peculiar."

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured disputes involving globally recognized companies, high-dollar contract fights, revived claims from the state's high court and the resolution of a closely watched de-SPAC case.

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Blumenthal Questions SEC Over Crypto Cases, Ryan Exit

By Katryna Perera

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is demanding answers from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins about the sudden resignation of the regulator's enforcement director and whether her departure was related to cryptocurrency cases, including one touching on the Trump family's ventures.

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